The National Assembly on Sunday elected the members of its standing committees for the first ordinary session of the 15th legislative term.

Article 93 of the constitution provides that the parliament shall set up its committees during the first week of its annual meeting. The parliament elected MPs Ahmad Al-Fadhl, Osama Al-Shaheen, and Dr. Khalil Abdullah as members of the Committee concerning drafting the reply to the Amiri Speech.

MPs Saadoun Hammad, Mubarak Al-Hajraf, Hamdan Al-Azmi and Dr. Adel Al-Damkhi were elected members in the Committee for Public Petitions and Grievances. MPs Salah Khourshed, Naser Al-Douseri, Askar Al-Enezi, Saud Al-Showaier, and Majed Al-Mutairi were elected members in the Committee on Internal Affairs and Defense.

MPs Omar Al-Tabtabaei, Dr. Jumaan Al-Herbesh, Dr. Oudah Al-Ruwaie, and Dr. Mohammad Al-Huwaila were elected members in the Committee for Education, Culture and Guidance.

MPs Talal Al-Jalal, Yousef Al-Fadhala, Dr. Humoud Al-Khudair, Khaled Al-Otaibi, and Saad Al-Khanfour were elected members in the Committee on Health, Social Affairs and Labor. MPs Hamad Al-Harshani, Yousef Al-Fadhala, Askar Al-Enezi, Al-Humaidi Al-Subaiae, and Ali Al-Deqbasi were elected members in the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

MPs Thamer Al-Thufiri, Majed Al-Mutairi, Abduallah Al-Enezi, Rakan Al-Nisf, Khalil Al-Saleh, Naser Al-Douseri, and Mohammad Al-Hadiya were elected members in the Committee on Public Utilities. MPs Riyadh Al-Adsani, Safa Al-Hashem, Adnan Abdussamad, Dr. Oudah Al-Ruwaie, Dr. Adel Al-Damkhi, Abdullah Al-Roumi, and Dr. Mohammad Al-Huwailah were elected members in the Committee on budgets and final accounts.

MPs Abdulwahab Al-Babtain, Shuaaib Al-Mowaizri, Khaled Al-Shatti, Omar Al-Tabtabaei, and Talal Al-Jalal were elected members in the Committee on the Protection of public funds.